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Arthur Machen had an a substantial career as a novelist and
storyteller, but nothing he did in the course of a lifetime made
the impact he made in 1890 with _The Great God Pan._ The tale
literally caused a furor in London -- for it seemed to many readers
to bring horror and prurient sexuality together in a way that
echoed their moment, foreshadowing the decadence of our own.
(Jacketless library hardcover.)
Available as single volumes or as a complete set, this collection
traces the evolution of a literary genre: the British speculative
future war novel. Taking science fiction from the 1890s, this set
explores the various ways in which the science fiction tradition
can be interpreted.
"If now a swell from the Deep has swept over this planetary ship of
earth, and I, who alone chanced to find myself in the furthest
stern, as the sole survivor of her crew...What then, my God, shall
I do?". The Purple Cloud is widely hailed as a masterpiece of
science fiction and one of the best "last man" novels ever written.
A deadly purple vapor passes over the world and annihilates all
living creatures except one man, Adam Jeffson. He embarks on an
epic journey across a silent and devastated planet, an apocalyptic
Robinson Crusoe putting together the semblance of a normal life
from the flotsam and jetsam of his former existence. As he descends
into madness over the years, he becomes increasingly aware that his
survival was no accident and that his destiny - and the fate of the
human race - are part of a profound, cosmological plan.
August Derleth said M.P. Shiel was ." . . the Grand Viscount of the
Grotesque . . . [with a] refulgently fanciful imagination and
magical command of the English language."
Arthur Machen said, "Here is a wilder wonderland than Poe ever
dreamt of . . . It is Poe, perhaps, but Poe with an unearthly
radiance."
"Shapes in the Fire" is an extraordinary collection of Shiel's
work: don't miss it.
This is a new release of the original 1948 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1948 edition.
Matthew Phipps Shiel (1865-1947) was a prolific British writer of
West Indian descent, best known for supernatural and scientific
romances. The Purple Cloud remains his most famous and often
reprinted novel.
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